What are some of the differences about working in Japan?
They were making a big fuss about making sure everyone was ready on time, and I just thought, eh, big deal. Must be because they’ve got all these extras. I go out there, do the first take, little blonde girl walking through all the Japanese people. They cut, I walk back, and nobody walks back. I think, these extras certainly aren’t listening. And it was only then that I went, oh my god, they’re not extras. Clearly I was in my own world that morning. So you just shot without shutting things down? Well, with our immense budget, I’m surprised we didn’t shut down half of Tokyo! Um, no. I don’t even know if you can, not that we could have afforded it. We did these train sequences, and there was all this planning going into it. I could only pick up so many words because of the language barrier. And to do the scene, I’d get on a car alone, get off at the next stop, and then come back. They’d just shoot me getting off. It’s amazing. You only have an hour to do it, and then they kick you out. S
